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About Joyce Clark

Contact information for Councilmember Joyce Clark
Home: 623-772-9795
Cell: 602-320-3422
Office: 623-930-2249
Please call between the hours of 9 AM - 5 PM
Email:
clarkjv@aol.com
jclark@glendaleaz.com
Joyce Clark is a 49 year resident of Glendale. She has a BA in History and Education and graduated from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. Her past careers include teacher of high school history, small business ownership of a book store, a professional ceramist and was the founder of a retail craft gallery. Joyce and her husband, Charles, have three children and seven grandchildren.

Joyce was first elected as your Yucca district Councilmember in 1992 and served Glendale and the Yucca district from 1992 to 1996. Joyce took a four year break from public service when her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s to personally care for her. In 2000 she successfully ran again for Yucca district councilmember as a write in candidate against the incumbent. She is the only candidate in Arizona to achieve a write in victory over an incumbent. She was your voice for the Yucca district for 16 years.

Joyce retired in December, 2012, and as a private citizen Joyce did many of the things she never had the time to pursue. Two of those are the tender care and feeding of her koi pond and blog writing on issues in Glendale, Arizona.

In March of 2016, Joyce announced that she would leave retirement and run for the Yucca district council seat in Glendale. Once again Joyce defeated an incumbent and on December 13, 2016 she took office as the Yucca district councilmember for another four year term, ending in December of 2020.

Joyce is the only elected official in the State of Arizona to have defeated an incumbent as a write-in candidate and then to defeat a second, different incumbent as a candidate.

While I served on Glendale city council I created some pilot projects (some day I will talk about how Glendale Glitters began) that were adopted by the city council. I was always looking for projects that could enhance the quality of life of our residents. One such pilot project was mid-block identification signs. I had seen them in other cities so I installed them as a pilot project in my district. If you are in a vehicle you can easily see the sign naming the approaching major street. It was a good idea and these signs are now all over Glendale.

I also bought half a dozen E-readers and lent them out to my district residents. The only requirement was to provide feedback on their use. After the pilot project ended I donated them to Velma Teague library and the city adopted the program. Today you can go to any Glendale library and check out an E-reader.

Perhaps the program of which I am most proud is the city’s prescription drug discount card program. I had learned about it at a National League of Cities convention. I brought the information back to staff. After contacting the private company that hosts the program for further information, staff and I brought it forward to council for approval. Generally my bringing something to council met with doom because I was not on the mayor’s “good ole boy” team. How could they turn this down? It was at no cost to the city and saved our citizens money.

What’s not to like about a program like this? It’s a public/private partnership with Financial Marketing Concepts, Inc. that provides real savings to citizens for their prescriptions at no cost to the city. In fact, the city makes a small amount on each transaction.

How does it work? Go to www.coast2coastrx.com . There you can download and print the card for FREE as well as seeing the closest participating pharmacies. There are no restrictions. It doesn’t matter what your age, income or health status is. You don’t even have to be a Glendale resident although you will sign up under Glendale. You could live in Scottsdale, Peoria, New York City, Miami, Dallas or Los Angeles and still get the card. The card can be used at most pharmacy chains and independents. It covers more than 60,000 drugs. The card can also be used for your pet’s prescriptions.

You can also use the card to get up to a 50% discounts for families on dental, vision, diabetes and hearing. Lab and imaging services can be discounted up to 50 to 80% and even veterinary services are discounted 25% at participating offices.

This past year there were more than 7,000 claims, just in Glendale, resulting in $90,000 worth of savings to users. What better Christmas present could you give yourself and your family than a discount prescription drug and service card that’s free and could save you some of your hard earned dollars? Do yourself a favor. Go to the website and check it out for yourself. Merry Christmas!

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